Trying to impress the other guys with your hard work and creativity? How’s that working out for you? This scenario is brought to you by John McNamee at Pie Comic. Bonus: In case you didn't like how the story turned...

Ancient
mariners aren't the only ones th... ...o navigate. It turns
out that the lowly dung beetle does as well when it rolls its ball of... ...muck in a Moonless night: Dung beetles like to run in straight lines. When they find a p... ...direct course, it risks turning back towards the *s...

A bit too strong? No, this record has nothing to d... ...way they smell. A recent study determined that a dung beetle can pull 1,141 times its own body weight. Just pi... ...ales’ strength by gluing a cotton thread to the beetles ’ hard wing-cases, stringing the thread across a... ...which they added drop...